Dima Khalidi's Op-Ed on the Biden Transition and Palestine Advocacy

Dima Khalidi's Op-Ed on the Biden Transition and Palestine Advocacy

Director Dima Khalidi published an op-ed in In These Times about the need for the Biden administration to rescind policies from Trump and his predecessors against Palestine advocacy.

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2020 Snapshot: Top 10 Stories from Palestine Legal

2020 Snapshot: Top 10 Stories from Palestine Legal

Palestine advocacy in the U.S. - like all social justice organizing - has had to adapt amidst the unprecedented year that has been 2020. As we enter 2021, here’s a look back at some of our top stories from 2020.

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Dima Khalidi in Al Jazeera English on Pompeo's Anti-BDS Attacks

Dima Khalidi in Al Jazeera English on Pompeo's Anti-BDS Attacks

Following Mike Pompeo’s announcement that Trump’s State Department intends to defund and label as "antisemitic" groups that support boycotts for Palestinian freedom, director Dima Khalidi spoke to Al Jazeera English on the larger context of attacks on Palestine advocacy.

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Palestine Legal Launches Comprehensive, Interactive Site Tracking Legislation Targeting Palestine Advocacy

Palestine Legal Launches Comprehensive, Interactive Site Tracking Legislation Targeting Palestine Advocacy

Palestine Legal launched a new website tracking legislative efforts to silence the movement for Palestinian freedom in the U.S. Geared towards activists, researchers, journalists, and policymakers alike, the site aims to document one part of a widespread attack on the Palestine solidarity movement in the U.S., and to support efforts to push back against these threats.

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State Dept. Push to Label Human Rights Orgs ‘Antisemitic’ Exposes Repressive Intent of Redefinition Efforts

State Dept. Push to Label Human Rights Orgs ‘Antisemitic’ Exposes Repressive Intent of Redefinition Efforts

In the latest manifestation of a Trump-backed campaign to redefine antisemitism, the U.S. State Department reportedly plans to designate three prominent human rights groups as antisemitic due to their criticism of Israel’s violations of international law.

According to news sources, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could soon release a report that would label Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam International as antisemitic groups, bar federal funding to the organizations and encourage foreign governments to do the same.

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Federal Crackdown on Campus Palestine Activism: Title VI Attacks

As the Israeli government and its proxy groups operating in the United States continue to mount coordinated campaigns against the movement for Palestinian freedom and equality, these groups have coopted the language and tools of civil rights to stifle Palestine activism on U.S. campuses.

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Statement on Kenneth Marcus's resignation from Dept. of Ed. following complaint

Palestine Legal staff attorney Zoha Khalili issued the following statement on the resignation of Kenneth Marcus from the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.

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